Wrapper



R. H. MESTER.

lWRMPERl APPLICATION FILED AUG.8, 1919.

1,329,056. A Patented Jan. 2 7, 1920;

ROBERT H. MESTER, WEBSTER GBOVES, MISSOURI.

i v I WBAPPER.

speincation of Letters man. Patented Jan, 27, 1920 Applicatin filedAugust 8, 1919. Serial No. 316,196.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be itknown that I, ROBERT H. Mns'rnp, acitizen ofy the UnitedStates, and a resident of Webster Groves, St.Louis and State `of vented certain new' and useful Improvements inWrappers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement lin' wrappers, and has for its object toprovide a in the county of Y wrapperl especially adapted for wrapping ofthe sheet, as

gum and the like, wherein an air-tight wrapper is provided, which willprevent the gum from becoming brittle, and will keep it'fresh, andwherein the wrapper isperforated on lines that will permit the 'removalof a portion thereof to give access 'to the sticks of gum in orderthat.they may be removed as desired, while holding them in superposedrelation and -with the greater portion thereof still covered by ythewrapper.

. Inthe drawings:

Figure 1 1s'a perspective view of a pack- -age of gum having theimproved Wrapper;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the removable portion of the wrapperremoved;

Fig. 3 is a plan view unfolded condition.

In the present embodiment of the Iinvention the improved ,wrapperisalsheet 1 of paper of suitable size, preferably waxed paper, and this`sheet has nearv one end a plurality of series of lines of partialseparation 2 and 3, the said lines being spaced apart from each otherandfrom the adjacent end shown. The distance between the end of the sheetVand the first line is approximatelyequal to the first line and thesecond, is notched at its edges, as indithat between and the sheet catedat 4 and 5,' at the ends of the lines 'of partial separation. Theselines of partial separation may be perforations, or they may ybe formedin any other deslred manner;

.Missouri, have in-` of the wrapperl being at thejend of the .wrapperisfolded/ about In use, the sticks of gum, indicated 'at 6, are placedupon the body of the wrapper in such position that the ends of thesticks at one end will be Hush with the line 2 of partial separation.The wrapper is of suc-h length that the other ends of the sticks will bespaced apart from. the opposite end of the. sheet about the samedistance.

The side edges of the sheets are now folded over upon the sticks,'afterwhichthe ends are folded in the usual manner. When now the package isopened, it being understood that it has the usual outside wrapper, thatportion which lies between the notches 4 and 5 may-be grasped betweenthe thumb and linger, with the thumb of the other hand just inside thenotch 5, and the entire end may be separated and removed, as shown inFig.' 2. When the end is removed as above stated, any stick lof gum maybe removed from the' package, while the remainder of thesticks will beprotected, only a small portion of each stick being exposed.

I claim:

1. A wrapper for packages of gum and the likefcomprising a sheet havingtransverse lines of partial separation near one end, spaced apart fromeach other and from the said end, the outermost of the said linespackage when the the package, and the wrapper being notched at one edgeat the ends of theI lines.

2. A wrapper for packages of gum and the like, comfprising a sheethaving trans- Wrapper is folded about the package.

ROBEET H, MESTER.

